Acute ENT

Question 1

Sudden Visual Loss.
Painful
• ? ? glaucoma.
• ?-itis
• ? ?-itis.
• ? ? ?-itis

Answer 1

angle closure glaucoma
uveitis
optic neuritis
GCA

Question 2

Sudden visual loss
Painless
• Ischemic optic ?.
• Retinal ? ?.
• Retinal ? ?.
• Retinal ?.
• Previous ?/flashing lights.
• ?-related ? degeneration.
• ? haemorrhage.
• ? disease affecting ? pathway

Answer 2

neuropathy
a/v occlusion
detachment
floaters
age
macular
vitreous
intracranial
visual

Question 3

Ocular Pain;

Discomfort.
• ?-itis/? eye disease/? eye/?-itis.

Pain on eye ?.
• Optic neuritis - Also loss of vision over ?, especially ?vision.

Pain around eye.
• ? cell ?.
• orbital ?.

Answer 3

conjunctivitis
thyroid
dry
blepharitis
movement
days
colour
GCA
cellulitis

Question 4

Ocular pain
Severe pain.

Anterior Uveitis
• Also ?, ? vision, ? eye, synechiae.
• Treat with topical ?, ? and ?.

Bacterial keratitis;
• Also ? vision, hypopyon.
• Treat with topical ?.

Answer 4

photophobia
blurred
red
steroids
antibiotics
mydriatics

blurred
antibiotics

Question 5

Ocular pain
Severe pain

Acute angle-closure glaucoma.
• Also ? eye, ? vision, photophobia, ?, nausea.
• Emergency: treat with IV ?, topical ? every ? minutes and topical ? ? initially.

Scleritis / Episcleritis.
• Also ? eye, intense pain and ? vision with scleritis,
? with episcleritis.
• Treat episcleritis with topical ?, scleritis with ? ?.

Answer 5

red
blurred
headache
acetazolamide
pilocarpine
5
beta blockers

red
blurred
tenderness
nsaids
systemic steroids